Senior Financial Analyst - Expense

Job Description

Overview & Responsibilities:
The US Distribution (USD) Affiliate Finance team is responsible for the reporting and analysis of all financial information through budgeting, monthly/quarterly close and forecasting processes. USD delivers ~$7 billion in affiliate revenue through the distribution of Paramount broadcast stations and domestic cable networks across Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, YouTube TV, Hulu+Live, etc.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
This is an important role for our organization with a wide range of responsibilities primarily focusing on expense management. The role also has the opportunity to gain exposure and provide assistance to support the USD Affiliate Revenue Finance team in monthly activities.
Month-End Close Processes:
• Coordinate with business team to ensure all invoices submitted timely and all expenses are accrued accordingly across marketing, events, T&E, and other overhead expenses.
• Prepare and communicate monthly results to senior management, including explanations key variances to budget and forecast, and year over year.
• Own reconciliations to ensure accuracy of associated accrued and prepaid balance sheet accounts.
• Liaise with controllership and cross divisional finance leads on key month-end deliverables.
• Participate in identifying & implementing improvement process with emerging technologies.
Forecast & Planning:
• Work closely with USD senior management and business partners to build planning assumptions for current year forecast and upcoming annual budget & long-range planning.
• Communicate and coordinate across Paramount finance on key budget assumptions owned by the USD business.
Operational Maintenance:
• Monitor invoice payments and assist in vendor set up creation.
• Own USD expense master data maintenance.
• Distributor Remittances (Revenue):
• Conduct the accurate and timely input of monthly distributor remittances, ensuring the integrity of data transferred among various financial applications
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative area of study or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum of 3 years of experience of relevant finance or accounting work
Additional Qualifications:
• High level of proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, must be adept at working with large data sets
• Strong interpersonal and oral/written communications skills for conveying essential information, ability to contextualize data optimally and efficiently
• Ability to learn quickly, be flexible and adapt to changing industry and organizational landscape
• Experience in general ledger systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle) a plus
• Experience in forecasting and reporting tools (e.g. automation tools, SAP Analytics Cloud, Longview, Tableau, Cognos) a plus
• Interest in and passion for media and technology
• Don't check all the boxes? That's okay! We encourage you to still apply if you feel like you possess an adjacent skillset and are interested in learning more about this position.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hiring Salary Range: $85,000.00 - 100,000.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.
https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-6kkqb9-18-97-9-174-42 in your application.